Rapid Charging for Battery-Powered Portable Devices

Michelle Li and Jinrong Qian
Texas Instruments

Mobile devices are becoming an integrated part of our daily life. Let’s use the smartphone as an example. Instead of a simple phone call function, smartphones are now packed with rich features for social networking, web browsing, messaging, gaming, large HD screens and many others. All these features are pushing the phone to become a power-hungry device. Battery capacity and energy density have been increased substantially to meet the higher power requirements. Read more about Rapid Charging for Battery-Powered Portable Devices

It’s Time to Align US Lithium Battery Air Transport Rules with International Standards

George Kerchner, Executive Director
PRBA – The Rechargeable Battery Association

For years, PRBA–The Rechargeable Battery Association, along with other business and transportation groups, has urged the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to update its regulations applicable to air shipments of lithium batteries by harmonizing its regulations with the more stringent international requirements.   Read more about It’s Time to Align US Lithium Battery Air Transport Rules with International Standards